Same-sex marriage will be a nightmare for the basic liberties and public privileges of religious groups. And not just for Christians : Sikh temples have been advised to halt all civil marriage ceremonies on their premises to protect them from possible legal challenges for refusing to conduct . . . . Continue Reading »
There is no shortage of coverage and commentary on the latest revelations about Anthony Weiner (or “Carlos Danger”) and his, shall we say, poor impulse control. I hope readers will forgive me for adding to it. Some folks are weighing in about how dignified his wife Huma Abedin was . . . . Continue Reading »
One way to understand libertarian populism is as an attempt to put limited government politics on the side of the average American. You can look at the speeches of Obama and see how the president constantly tries to frame his higher taxing, higher spending, higher regulating policies as . . . . Continue Reading »
The Mainline Reconsidered Jennifer Schuesser, New York Times America Remains Religious William McKenzie, Weekly Standard The Glory of the Commons Timothy Noah, Washington Monthly Tolkein v. Orwell on Surveillance David Rosen and Aaron Santesso, Slate The Golden Days of Farrar, Straus & Giroux . . . . Continue Reading »
CJ’s comment below led me to Edward Feser’s fine philosophy-centered blog . I’ve read things by Feser in passing, heard his name spoken of with respect, but never really registered his overall excellence. (No, the recent Hart-Feser dispute in FT about natural law did not kindle my . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks to Carl and Pete for some very thoughtful posts on LIBERTARIANISM. While I don’t care about Will Wilkinson as such, I will agree with Pete that he is representative of a trend among sophisticated young people: A kind of individualism that might be more evidence still of the victory of . . . . Continue Reading »
Reading’s Pete’s post below makes me think I need to learn more about libertarianism. I’m currently laying the groundwork for a book on American liberty, in which I argue there are five fundamental conceptions of it, one of which is the “economic individualist” liberty . . . . Continue Reading »
In his column , Kevin M. Clarke explains why he believes wax-and-wick candles matter for worship. In the ecclesial space, the ersatz glow beneath a sacred image feels more like a nod to sentimentality than a creation of an authentic prayer space. It is a spiritual turn-off. I light a candle because . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square , Nathaniel Peters examines the recent papal encyclical: ” Lumen Fidei discusses faith as it relates to Scripture, salvation, reason, theology, the Sacraments, and society, all without much explicit mention of sin.” Yet Pope Francis does . . . . Continue Reading »
Will Wilkinson is a liberaltarian with a problem. Having some libertarian tendencies, he agrees with conservatives on some issues. The problem for him is that many conservatives do icky things like pray and have positive emotional connections with the American flag. The result is that . . . . Continue Reading »
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